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Sage + Angelica

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 11 recipes, and they share 222 flavor molecules: the top 6% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together11 recipes
Ranktop 6% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Sage Angelica
89sage only 222shared 41angelica only Sage · 311 Angelica · 263
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do sage and angelica go together?

Yes. 11 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 222 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 6% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

Almost everything angelica carries, sage has too: 222 of angelica's 263 flavor molecules also occur in sage. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

What each one brings

sage

The tartness. Sour notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for angelica. It carries 89 molecules angelica doesn't have.

angelica

The fresh, green side. Green notes make up 10% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 8% for sage. It carries 41 molecules sage doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Marjoram: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with sage, top 4% with angelica.
  • Rosemary: top 1% of pairs with sage, top 4% with angelica.
  • Thyme: top 1% of pairs with sage, top 8% with angelica.
  • Lemon: top 2% of pairs with sage, top 2% with angelica.

Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.

Recipes with sage and angelica

We have no browsable recipe that lists both sage and angelica.

Can you swap one for the other?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (71% of sage's and 84% of angelica's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 222 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 89 only in sage and the 41 only in angelica.

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Sage and angelica questions

Do sage and angelica go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 11 recipes, and they share 222 flavor molecules: the top 6% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do sage and angelica taste good together?

Almost everything angelica carries, sage has too: 222 of angelica's 263 flavor molecules also occur in sage. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

What goes with sage and angelica?

Marjoram is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with sage and top 4% with angelica. Rosemary and thyme also fit both.

Can I use angelica instead of sage?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (71% of sage's and 84% of angelica's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

Compare other ingredients

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Two ingredients gives the full side-by-side breakdown; add a third to see a similarity matrix across all of them (up to 6).

Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs

Cite this analysis
Plain text
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Sage vs Angelica. https://compkitchen.com/compare/sage-vs-angelica. Accessed 2026-11-05.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_sage_vs_angelica_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Sage vs Angelica},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/sage-vs-angelica},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.